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The Summary of Physics Restored
A Fresh English Translation from the Complete 1653 Latin Enchiridion
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The 245 Canons · Canon 63
Latin
Calor è terrae sinu emergens humidus & impurus propter terrae & aquae admixtae labem corrumpit, purissimus autem caelestis generat excitando, dilatando, & ad vitam urgendo calorem insitum, in rerum seminibus abstrusum, & tanquam naturae arcanum in eorum centro occultatum: Quia verò homogenei sunt ambo calores illi, blandè in opere generationis coeunt, & inseparabiliter uniuntur, donec in vitam & amplam vegetationem exeant.
English
The heat rising from earth's bosom, moist and impure through the taint of mingled earth and water, corrupts. The purest celestial heat, however, generates by rousing, expanding and urging into life the implanted heat hidden in the seeds of things, concealed in their centre like nature's secret. Because those two heats are of like nature, they gently come together in the work of generation and unite inseparably until they issue in life and abundant growth.
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The complete 1653 Enchiridion physicae restitutae, conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet, with Latin and a fresh English translation, all 245 canons, the title and maxim, address to students, epigram, original marginalia, 140 modern annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.
Historical Text and Translation
Anonymous, Enchiridion physicae restitutae. Geneva: Jean-Antoine and Samuel de Tournes, 1653. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Rar 4790; digitised by e-rara, doi:10.3931/e-rara-21407. Conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet; the original title page is anonymous.
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